“I've been sky-diving three times. I would go right now if someone told me the plane was about to take off. I love it. I'm an adrenaline junkie. I don't want to go bungee-jumping.” IfsWantThreeSkyRight NowPlanesJumpingThree TimesAdrenalineJunkieDivingBungee JumpingBungee Author:Mandy Moore
“There are diverse ways in which - right now, terror and all that goes with it is a prime concern. It's a concern of the United States. It's a concern of India. Joint strategies, cooperation, joint sharing of intelligence, in controlling terrorism, in making the world free from terror. I think that's the fundamental, I think, consideration if our development aspirations are to be fulfilled. And I think our two countries can cooperate.” IfsThinkingWorldWayTwoCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesDevelopmentRight NowConcernIndiaFundamentalsStrategyTerrorTerrorismAspirationConsiderationPrimeCooperationDiverseFulfilledJointsTwo Countries Author:Manmohan Singh
“What if there's another terrorist attack? I cringe at the ideas of our enemies watching this, knowing much like the president we have now. You can do anything you want, you can jerk us around, you can harass our naval ships the way Iran is doing right now, and we're not going to do anything. We're not going to react.” IfsWayWantIdeasPresidentCan DoEnemyKnowingRight NowTerroristShipsIranWhat IfJerkTerrorist AttacksNavalDoing RightCringe Author:John McCain
“If you go to chefs all across America and ask them, 'What's your biggest problem right now?,' It is finding people to cook in their restaurants. They're having an enormous, countrywide problem here staffing their operations.” PeopleIfsProblemAmericaAsksRight NowFindingsEnormousCooksOperationsRestaurantsChefStaffing Author:Anthony Bourdain
“The public is really not kept abreast, and our leaders are not clear and forthright about what the terms of engagement are right now - that we really have no choice except to undertake a wartime scale mobilization, but a mobilization knowing that we can actually fix this. It's only a disaster if we continue to plunge headlong into the problem, which is only accelerating in spite of everything that the Democrats have been willing to say and do about it.” IfsHas BeensProblemChoicesTermLeaderKnowingClearWillingRight NowDemocratDisasterScalesSpiteEngagementPlungeWartimeMobilization Author:Jill Stein
“The states have the authority to change this voting system for president, right now, in fact, if they wanted, on an emergency basis, they could adopt a ranked-choice system, which simply allows you to go to the poll, and rather than rolling your dice and deciding whether to vote your values or your fears, you get to rank your choices, knowing that if your first choice loses your vote is automatically assigned to your second choice. It's kind of a no-brainer system. It works very well.” IfsFirstsWellsKindStatesFactsWantedValuesChoicesPresidentLosesKnowingRight NowAuthorityVoteBasesVotingRollingEmergenciesPollsDiceNo BrainerSecond Choice Author:Jill Stein
“It's quite clear if you look at the actors in film right now, some of them came from theater but they didn't come from musical theater. There's still a bit of a stigma attached to it I would say.” IfsLooksStillsFilmActorsBitsClearRight NowTheaterMusicalStigmaMusical Theater Author:Luke Evans
“My daughter is 12, and we have an amazing relationship. She knows without a doubt that she can literally come to me with anything, and I will stifle myself and realize that if it's not what I want to hear, it's more important that she continues to come to me and tell me things and is honest with me than me getting mad at her or giving her my opinion right now. She has figured out a way to make me an amazing parent. She's a wonderful daughter.” IfsKnowsWayWantGivingImportantParentRealizingOpinionDoubtWonderfulHonestRight NowDaughterMadMy DaughterAmazing ParentsAmazing Relationship Author:Justin Hartley
“If we want to know how the Earth's biosphere is going to respond to the things that humans are doing to the planet right now, the only evidence that we have is how biotic systems have responded in the past.” IfsKnowsWantHumansEarthPastKnow HowPlanetsRight NowEvidenceBiosphere Author:Kenneth Lacovara
“There's a big thing right now with people using stand-up as a scapegoat. People think comedians have the power to change someone in an hour. If we had that ability, the art would not be legal. It would too dangerous.” PeopleIfsThinkingArtBigsHoursAbilityDangerousRight NowComedianBig ThingsScapegoatPower To Change Author:Bill Burr
“There are 80,000 jobs in the wind energy industry right now. And you can quadruple that number, if you have the right policy in place to promote clean energy.” IfsJobsEnergyNumbersPolicyWindIndustryRight NowCleanClean EnergyWind EnergyEnergy Industry Author:Van Jones
“If right now, culture's so divisive, it just leaves these millions of people like me out.” PeopleIfsCultureMillionsRight NowLike Me Author:M.I.A.
“I'm right now wrapping up the sermon series on grace. I'd like to figure out what this next series will be in January. To do that, I'm going to come up with four or five really good ideas - at least that I think are really good ideas - and if I don't sense God really highlighting one of those, I will go to the elders of our church and my co-pastors.” IfsThinkingIdeasNextChurchFiveGraceFourFiguresRight NowSeriesCome UpGood IdeasPastorSermonsEldersJanuaryWrappingHighlightingWrapping Up Author:Max Lucado
“Quite frankly, we wouldn't have the problems that we have in America right now if somebody did a better job - if our politicians did a better job standing up for our country.” IfsCountryProblemJobsAmericaPoliticianRight NowStandingOur CountryBetter Jobs Author:Eric Trump
“I think the only thing that we know how to do is look at our characters and ask what is the character doing right now and what do we need to do, and tell it from that place. If we really make it character driven and theme driven, I think we're going to offer up something new for the audience.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsLooksCharacterAsksAudienceKnow HowRight NowOffersDrivenThemeSomething NewDoing Right Author:Dylan Clark
“You marry somebody you love, that you feel like you want to spend the rest of your life with, that you're excited to wake up with every morning if you enjoy spending the day with. Right now... my wife is my best friend, by far my best friend.” IfsWantFeelsEnjoyMorningWifeLike YouRight NowWake UpExcitedMy WifeSpendingEvery MorningMy Best FriendRest Of Your Life Author:Charlie Daniels
“There are real solutions right now for us if we stand up with the courage of our convictions.” IfsRealRight NowSolutionsConviction Author:Jill Stein
“What matters now, the only thing that matters right now is that whatever you think of the conservative movement and whoever you think is or isn't one, no matter who you think they are, they cannot unify around the concept of beating a Democrat. That's what you have to learn. If that's the movement you want to be part of, then you have at it.” IfsThinkingWantMatterMovementRight NowConceptsDemocratConservativeWhat MattersThings That MatterOnly Thing That Matters Author:Rush Limbaugh
“New York has changed a whole lot. For worse I think because back when I was growing up in New York we were always the trendsetters. I don't care if it was from clothes to hip-hop music, to whatever. Right now New York is a bunch of followers. A lot of them are. It's really not the same.” IfsThinkingWholeCareGrowing UpGrowingNew YorkChangedRight NowClothesHip HopDon't CareBunchHipsI Don't CareHopsFollowersBack WhenHip Hop Music Author:Phife Dawg
“The best thing to do is muddle through and maybe, over time, create a solution of that, if someone really wanted to exit, the legal basis on which you could exit. Because right now there almost doesn't exist one.” IfsWantedRight NowSolutionsBasesBest ThingsThings To DoExitMuddle Author:Jamie Dimon
“The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm, we believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right. Now, at the realm of realpolitik, because there is a global consensus against Iran, and because there are all manner of dangers facing Iran, I am opposed to this program.” PeopleIfsBelieveTwoCountryStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesIssuesRightsDangerRight NowEqualProgramIsraelChinaNuclearRussiaRealmsBombsDimensionsIranOther CountriesPakistanConsensusEqual RightsNuclear BombRealpolitik Author:Akbar Ganji
“If [Donald ] Trump goes after - if Trump fails, frankly, to stand up right now for the Muslim community - right now, Muslims are being bullied. Women wearing hijabs are being bullied and people are saying, "Trump, Trump!" when they're doing it.” PeopleIfsCommunityFailingTrumpRight NowBulliedBeing BulliedHijabMuslim Community Author:Van Jones
“If there are dollars to be made, you destroy the environment. The reason is elementary. The people who are going to be harmed by this are your grandchildren and they don't have any votes in the market. Their interests are worth zero. Anybody that pays attention to their grandchildren's interests is being irrational. Because what you're supposed to do is maximize your own interests, measured by wealth, right now. Nothing else matters. So destroying the environment and militarizing outer space are rational policies, but within a framework of institutional lunacy.” PeopleIfsMadeMatterReasonInterestWealthSpacePayAttentionEnvironmentPolicyRight NowVoteDollarsRationalPay AttentionZeroDestroyingIrrationalGrandchildrenFrameworkOuter SpaceLunacyDestroying The Environment Author:Noam Chomsky
“With the way music is going right now, it's difficult for an r&b singer to make real music. If it's not with a trap beat and you're not mumbling, no disrespect to all of the great artists out there doing what they're doing, I'm not hating, I'm just saying it's difficult for r&b singers right now to make quality music.” IfsWayRealArtistHateDifficultQualityRight NowMusic IsBeatsSingersTrapsGreat ArtDisrespectGreat ArtistJust SayingReal MusicQuality Music Author:Tony Sunshine
“I think that the Democrats can be successful nationally in the future if we are able to capture some of the complexity of people's lives right now.” PeopleIfsThinkingAbleSuccessfulRight NowDemocratComplexityBeing SuccessfulCapture Author:Barack Obama
“In America right now, the people who talk about race the most are people of color - and if we are going to move the needle forward, it's WHITE people who need to acknowledge their role in racism.” PeopleIfsNeedsAmericaMovingWhiteRaceRolesColorRight NowRacismAcknowledgeNeedles Author:Jodi Picoult
“I'm not American, but I do have an opinion, and I think that right now, it is what it is, and I think the country needs to come together to say: What is the America we want to create right now? The same thing will happen on television now going forward if we do have a female president. It will be something that will be discussed.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsCountryHappensTogetherAmericaPresidentOpinionTelevisionRight NowFemaleIt Is What It IsFemale President Author:Priyanka Chopra
“If we're going to save the planet, people are going to have to live in ways that don't require so much energy and don't create as much waste. The only way to do that is to live more densely than Americans are living right now.” PeopleIfsWayEnergyPlanetsRight NowWasteSave The PlanetLiving RightLiving Right Now Author:Carol Ross Barney
“If you're one of the millions of people who have student debt right now, I'll help you refinance your loans at better rates.” PeopleIfsHelpingMillionsStudentsRight NowRateDebtLoanRefinance Author:Hillary Clinton
“John Logan is maybe the No. 1 screenwriter in the world today, not to mention that he won a Tony for Best Play for Red. So he may just be the best writer period right now. He wrote The Aviator, and I was in New York doing a play, and he asked if they would see me for the film, just meet with me. 'Cause that's what Martin Scorsese does.” IfsWorldMayDoePlayTodayFilmCausesNew YorkPeriodsRight NowRedBeing The BestWorld TodayScreenwritersAviatorScorsese Author:Brent Spiner
“I'm one of the people who believes that our losses were greater than our gains. Because before the Civil Rights movement we had entrepreneurship in the black community. Right now, in Harlem, if I wanted to get a shoe repaired, I would have a hard time finding a black shoe repairman. On near about every third corner, you could find a decent black barber, decent black laundry, had restaurants in the neighborhood that were open 24 hours. The food was good at 3 o'clock in the morning as at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.” PeopleIfsBelieveHardWantedBlackCommunityHoursLossMorningGreaterRightsMovementRight NowFindingsGainsThirdsShoesCornersCivil RightsEntrepreneurshipClockDecentRestaurantsHard TimesNeighborhoodAfternoonCivil Rights MovementLaundryHarlemBlack CommunityBarbers Author:John Henrik Clarke
“As far as [Donald] Trump and where he comes down on all this, I really don't know. My wild guess is that Trump is a celebrity and I think he thinks it would be pretty cool if he could get Elton John, if he could get some of these people to show up, but right now they won't, because I'm gonna tell you something.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsShowsWould BeTrumpRight Now Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Even if it's L.A. and it's warmer, we're not supposed to be revving up right now. I don't like everyone's energy around [winter] time of year.” IfsYearsEnergyRight NowWinterSupposed To BeWinter Time Author:Jen Kirkman
“We are facing a stiff wind right now, but if we persist and keep fighting back, we will prevail.” IfsFightingWindRight NowPersistFighting Back Author:Jesse Jackson
“If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned.” IfsPoliticalArtistTalkingOpinionRight NowConcernedPolitical OpinionsTalking Politics Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think that part of my optimism comes from the belief that we as a people could actually, regardless of all the disadvantage of the past, regardless of the fact that a lot of other folks got a head start in the race, if we were able to make the race fair right now.” PeopleIfsThinkingFactsAblePastBeliefRaceRight NowFairsOptimismFolksDisadvantagesHead Start Author:Barack Obama
“My conviction is that those fights need to be fought right now and can be won. And if in fact we have finite political capital, energy, resources, we need to win those fights.” IfsNeedsFactsPoliticalFightingWinningEnergyRight NowResourcesConvictionFinite Author:Barack Obama
“Let's say hypothetically, knowing what we know now about public policy, that we could close the education gap so that it was only a couple percentage points, and we could make sure that hiring barriers and educational barriers had been leveled down, and unemployment among African Americans right now instead of being double was only 10 percent higher than white unemployment - if we got to that point , America as a whole would be a lot richer.” IfsKnowsWholeWould BeAmericaWhiteKnowingPolicyCoupleHigherRight NowPercentDown AndEducationalAfrican AmericanBarriersGapsUnemploymentPercentagesHiringPublic Policy Author:Barack Obama
“To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap? What gives me the best chance to do that? And I'm pretty darn sure that if America is a just society and treating people well right now, irrespective of past wrongs, that I'm going to close a big chunk of that gap. I've seen it.” PeopleIfsGivingFirstsWellsBigsAmericaPastThreeWealthChanceRight NowAchievementGive MeGapsQuartersChunksAchievement GapPast Wrongs Author:Barack Obama
“You wouldn't know that if you talked to Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International or some of the international activist organizations. Certainly you wouldn't know that if you were talking to some of the writers who criticize our drone policy. But I've actually told my staff it's probably good that they stay critical of this policy, even though I think right now we're doing the best that we can in a dangerous world with terrorists who would gladly blow up a school bus full of American kids if they could.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldHumansKidsSchoolTalkingWatchesRightsDangerousPolicyRight NowOrganizationInternationalHuman RightsBlowCriticalTerroristCriticizeActivistBusStaffDronesAmnestyDangerous WorldSchool BusAmnesty International Author:Barack Obama
“I told my son, who's 11, "Look, I don't care if you curse - it's other people that care." So we tried that experiment, and he just cursed all the time. And I was like, "All right, now I care that you curse." You try to have this idealized view, and it's like, "I don't care." But it's just going to cause chaos.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksCareCausesViewsSonRight NowChaosDon't CareExperimentsI Don't CareCurseMy SonI CareCursed Author:Jim Gaffigan
“If you're manic-depressive and you're functioning in this world and doing it all well, I think, wow, you should be proud of being able to say, this is what I'm getting through right now.” IfsThinkingWorldShouldWellsAbleThis WorldProudRight NowWowBe ProudManicDepressive Author:Carrie Fisher
“More American companies are getting bought by foreign firms or they`re becoming foreign firms or they`re outsourcing. Right now the tax code says if you want to make something in another country and re-import it back into America, go ahead and do that. We don`t want to incentivize that.” IfsWantCountryAmericaCompanyBecomingRight NowTaxesCodeFirmImportsOutsourcing Author:Paul Ryan
“I say this ironically, not because I favor the State, but because people are not in the state of mind right now where they feel that they can manage themselves. We have to go through an educational process - which does not involve, in my opinion, compromises with the State. But if the State disappeared tomorrow by accident, and the police disappeared and the army disappeared and the government agencies disappeared, the ironical situation is that people would suddenly feel denuded.” PeopleIfsFeelsMindDoeStatesGovernmentProcessSituationOpinionTomorrowRight NowArmyPoliceEducationalAccidentsFavorsManageCompromiseAgencyState Of MindGovernment Agencies Author:Murray Bookchin
“If you have a patient in a doctor's office who's just been told they have terminal cancer but there's this operation they could perform right now that might save their lives. ... They have a 90 percent chance of surviving the operation — if you tell them that, they respond one way. If you tell them ... that they have a 10 percent chance of being killed by the operation, they are about three times less likely to have the operation.” IfsWayMightThreeChanceRight NowOfficePercentDoctorsPatientCancerOne WayOperationsThree TimesSurvivingTerminalTerminal Cancer Author:Michael Lewis
“We can't expect entrepreneurs and businesses large and small to take their life savings or their company's money and invest in America if they think we're headed to the road to Greece. And that's where we're going right now unless we finally get off this spending and borrowing binge. And I'll get us on track to a balanced budget.” IfsThinkingAmericaCompanyRight NowEntrepreneurTrackSpendingSavingBudgetsBalancedGreeceSavingsBorrowingBingeLife SavingBalanced Budget Author:Mitt Romney
“If 90 percent or 95 percent of those - chemical stockpiles [in Syria] were eliminated, that's a lot of chemical weapons that are not right now in the hands of ISIL or Nusra or, for that matter, the regime.” IfsMatterHandsRight NowWeaponsPercentChemicalsRegimesSyriaChemical WeaponsIsil Author:Barack Obama
“You have to negotiate from positions of strength. And right now with Iran, we're not negotiating from a position of strength. The Europeans are negotiating from the position of "Please give up your nuclear weapons program, and by the way if you do we'll give you several boatloads of carrots." The Iranians are quite willing to keep on negotiating on that line for a long time.” IfsWayGivingLongLinesPositionWillingPleaseRight NowGiving UpWeaponsLong TimeProgramNuclearIranNuclear WeaponsCarrotsNegotiating Author:John Bolton
“If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they're nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it's dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.” IfsFirstsLooksWarStatesForceInterestUnitedUnited StatesClearDangerousRight NowIraqGulf War Author:Brent Scowcroft
“If I see someone not laughing, the first thing I'm thinking is, "OK, am I cursing too much? Am I doing a joke he doesn't understand? Is he resting?" Then he starts becoming my focal point. Once I see him laugh, I'm like, [snap] "All right, now I'm funny."” IfsThinkingFirstsLaughingToo MuchBecomingRight NowJokesSnapsCursingFocal Point Author:Leslie Jones